THOMAS COMMITS TO UNC

Inside Carolina Staff

09/30/2003

The Tar Heels got their point guard -- Quentin Thomas has committed to North Carolina. The 6-3 senior floor general from Oakland (Calif.) Tech informed Roy Williams of his decision on the phone Monday evening. Thomas is UNC's fourth commitment in the Class of 2004, joining Marvin Williams, J.R. Smith and JamesOn Curry.

As first reported by the Oakland Tribune ...

"He was the first coach ever to start having interest in me," Thomas said of Williams, who left Lawrence, Kan., for Chapel Hill, N.C., after last season. "I wasn't disappointed (when Williams left Kansas). The coach is a big part of going to a school, but not the only part.